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Debby Boone
"Swing This" Café Carlyle – March 19-30 "I'll be a devil till I'm an angel," Debby Boone sings in "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" (Al Hoffman, Walter Kent, Manny...
Gail Nelson-Holgate
"It's About Time" Stage 72 – March 10 Gail Nelson-Holgate has a regal, elegant bearing and a gracious rapport with her listeners. At this one-off performance, she approached her largely...
John Gabriel
Metropolitan Room – March 3 John Gabriel is at least as well known as an actor (the daytime drama Ryan's Hope) and TV producer (Charles Grodin's talk shows) as he...
Pia Zadora
"Pia Zadora – Back Again and Standing Tall" The Metropolitan Room – February 7-10 Pia Zadora is a trouper. On the eve of the recent snowstorm, playing to a small...
Sharón Clark
"Blame It on My Youth" Metropolitan Room – January 22, 28, 30, February 1, 2 "So, you're diggin' the Afro?" D.C.-based vocalist Sharón Clark asked the audience upon stepping onto...
Jeff Harnar
"Does This Song Make Me Look Fat?" Laurie Beechman Theatre – January 14, 21, 28, February 8 Some cabaret performers choose to pack a show with languid ballads. Sure, they...
The Wonderful Wizard of Song: The Music of Harold Arlen
St. Luke's Theatre – Mondays at 7pm, Wednesdays at 2pm, Thursdays at 8pm The songs of composer Harold Arlen—with their sophistication and mix of Jewish and African-American melodic elements—need to...
Smile on My Face: The Songs of Richard Eisenberg
Laurie Beechman Theatre: May 6; Etcetera Etcetera: October 24; Urban Stages: December 13; Don't Tell Mama: February 7 The four performers in the revue "Smile on My Face" begin with...
Joanna Strand
"Fly Transatlantic" Feinstein's at Loews Regency – December 5 British singer Joanna Strand was supposed to have made appearances at the Metropolitan Room several weeks ago, but that engagement was...
Jonathan Whitton
"The Free Residency" Don't Tell Mama – October 16, November 5, 27, December 3 "My soul is as open as the sky," Jonathan Whitton sings at the top of his...